Observation of microwave plasmons in one-dimensional conjugated polymer chain

B. Mondal, D. Majumdar, A. Ghosh, S. K. Saha

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Abstract

Observation of extremely low frequency plasmons in highly ordered quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) interrupted metallic polymer chain segments is reported. Rice and Bernascony [Phys. Rev. Lett. 29, 113 (1972)] predicted giant permittivity in interrupted 1D metal strands because of quantum confinement. We have used this quasi-1D electron system with giant permittivity to realize 1D plasmons in microwave frequency. Polypyrrole nanorods with ordered and aligned chains have been synthesized. These ordered and perfectly conjugated systems interrupted by defects are ideal systems to achieve giant permittivity and as a result, 1D microwave plasmons, which have potential applications in microwave devices, are observed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number183109
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume94
Issue number18
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 May 2009
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)

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